When to travel
66 destinations where August is the season worth going — with what each one costs a day, how safe it rates, and flights from your airport.
August is when Europe goes on holiday all at once, which means two strategies: pay for the Mediterranean, or go to the parts of it nobody has priced up yet. The Adriatic and the Aegean are both at their warmest.
The ones we would book this month, and why this month.
The sea is at its warmest of the year. Skip Santorini and Mykonos for the smaller Cyclades or the Peloponnese and the same August costs half.
The Bay of Kotor with Croatian scenery at Balkan prices — around €50 a day against Croatia's €70.
Still dry season across Java, Flores and Komodo. The southern hemisphere's winter is the archipelago's best travelling weather.
Every destination in season this month, cheapest first. Daily cost is bed, food and getting around — not flights.
Seasons here are the destination’s own, not the calendar’s: for Argentina or New Zealand, “summer” means December to February. Daily costs are typical mid-range budgets, last reviewed in August 2026.